Magee had a pair of two-hit games while driving in five runs in two victories for the New Orleans Metro area’s top-ranked team. A senior third baseman, Magee recorded RBI-singles while going 2-for-3 in a 4-3 District 9-5A victory against Jesuit that put the Crusaders in the driver’s seat for a Catholic League championship. Magee’s singles drove in Martin’s first and final runs, with the second hit coming in the fifth inning and plating what proved to be the eventual winning run against a Jesuit team then ranked No. 1 in the New Orleans area. Magee also went 2-for-3 with a three-run triple in a 14-4 district victory against St. Augustine.

Tayla Celestine (Photo courtesy of Cabrini High School)

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TAYLA CELESTINE

Cabrini, girls track

Celestine won three individual events and anchored a victorious 400-meter relay team in the Fontainebleau Bulldog Invitational. A 5-foot-11 junior, Celestine swept her two specialties, the 100- and 300-meter hurdles, with respective times of 15.69 and 49.40 seconds and then won the high jump with a height of 5 feet. Running the fourth leg on Cabrini’s sprint relay, Celestine helped the Crescents record a time of 51.72 seconds. Cabrini finished second in the team scoring with 126 points, seven fewer than host Fontainebleau. Celestine is ranked among the top four girls in the New Orleans area in all three individual events.

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